Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans (9 September 1843 – 20 January 1917) was a Spanish painter.

Life

He was born in Madrid, and studied with his uncle, Luis Ferrant Llausàs, and at the

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. He also received a fellowship to study in

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, where he was among the first students to attend the "Academia Española de Bellas Artes en Roma", together with

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, Manuel Castellano,

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and Jaime Morera. He was director of the

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in Madrid, which was merged into the Museo del Prado in 1971. His son

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was a leading sculptor of the Spanish vanguard.

Selected works

He mainly painted religious and historical themes, but also devoted to genre painting and decorative art: *''The Last Communion of San Fernando.'' *''Sibyls and prophets'' on the inside of the dome of San Francisco el Grande, Madrid. *''The Burial of Saint Sebastian.'' *''Cisneros, founder of Illescas hospital'' - won the first medal of the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of 1892.

Sources

* Diccionario de Arte, ''Pintores del siglo XIX'', Editorial LIBSA, 2001.

External links

ArtNet: More works by Ferrant.
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